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speaking (the act of speaking) noun [UK: ˈspiːkɪŋ] [US: ˈspiːkɪŋ] | 说 /shuō/noun |
actions speak louder than words (it is more effective to act than speak) phrase | 事实胜于雄辩 /shìshí shèng yú xióngbiàn/phrase 事實勝於雄辯phrase 行勝於言phrase 行胜于言phrase |
do you speak English (do you speak English? (English specifically)) phrase | 你会说英语吗? /nǐ huì shuō yīngyǔ ma?/phrase 你會說英語嗎?phrase |
do you speak English (do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)) phrase | 你会说国语吗? /nǐ huì shuō guóyǔ ma?/phrase 你会说普通话吗? /nǐ huì shuō pǔtōnghuà ma?/phrase 你會說國語嗎?phrase 你會說普通話嗎?phrase 你說中文嗎?phrase |
does anyone here speak English (does anyone here speak English?) phrase | 这儿有人会说英语吗? /zhèr yǒu rén huì shuō Yīngyǔ ma?/phrase 這兒有人會說英語嗎?phrase |
doublespeak (language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning) noun [UK: ˈdʌb.l̩.ˌspik] [US: ˈdʌ.bəl.ˌspik] | 雙言巧語noun |
generally speaking adverb [UK: ˈdʒen.r̩əl.i ˈspiːkɪŋ] [US: ˈdʒen.r̩əl.i ˈspiːkɪŋ] | 一般而言adverb |
how many languages do you speak (how many languages do you speak?) phrase | 你会说几种语言? /nǐ huì shuō jǐ zhǒng yǔyán?/phrase 你會說幾種語言?phrase |
I don't speak English (I don't speak (fill with the name of the current foreign language)) phrase [UK: ˈaɪ dəʊnt spiːk ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ] [US: ˈaɪ ˈdoʊnt ˈspiːk ˈɪŋ.ˌɡlɪʃ] | 我不会讲中文 /wǒ bùhuì jiǎng zhōngwén/phrase 我不会讲官话 /wǒ bùhuì jiǎng guānhuà/phrase 我不会说中文 /wǒ bùhuì shuō zhōngwén/phrase 我不会说官话 /wǒ bùhuì shuō guānhuà/phrase 我不會說中文phrase 我不會說官話phrase 我不會講中文phrase 我不會講官話phrase |
I don't speak English (I don't speak English (specifically English)) phrase [UK: ˈaɪ dəʊnt spiːk ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ] [US: ˈaɪ ˈdoʊnt ˈspiːk ˈɪŋ.ˌɡlɪʃ] | 我不会讲英语 /wǒ bùhuì jiǎng yīngyǔ/phrase 我不会说英语 /wǒ bùhuì shuō yīngyǔ/phrase 我不會說英語phrase 我不會講英語phrase |
loudspeaker [loudspeakers] (transducer) noun [UK: laʊd.ˈspiːkə(r)] [US: ˈlaʊd.ˌspikər] | 喇叭 /lǎba/noun 扩音器 /kuòyīnqì/noun 扩音机 /kuòyīnjī/noun 揚聲器noun 擴音器noun 擴音機noun |
native speaker (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) noun [UK: ˈneɪ.tɪv ˈspiːkə(r)] [US: ˈneɪ.tɪv ˈspiːkər] | 母語人士noun |